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Bantam
April 2008
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Featuring: Clara Tannenberg; Ahmed Husseini
512 pages ISBN: 0385339631 EAN: 9780385339636 Hardcover
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From the internationally bestselling author of The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud comes this electrifying new suspense thriller about a biblical discovery in the remote Iraqi desertβand a deadly struggle being waged on the eve of war to uncover a truth thatβs waited 3,000 years to be toldβ¦.
In St. Peterβs Basilica, a man sits in a confessional asking forgiveness for a murder heβs about to commit. And a young priest begins a desperate journey to stop him.β¦
Itβs only the beginning of a ruthless race among the worldβs most powerful to find a rumored cache of sacred texts inscribed with the story of Creation as told by Abraham. This account, on tablets of clay, predates the Bible by a thousand years and could be one of the most important discoveries of all time.
Archaeologist Clara Tannenbergβs announcement of an excavation to seek the tablets has set off shock waves of outrage, contempt, and outright disbelief. But among four old friends, bound through decades by shared tragedy, the announcement has renewed their hunger for revenge. For Claraβs reclusive, infamous grandfather Alfred is a man as feared as he is hated and his enemies will stop at nothing to destroy himβ and use anything as a weaponβ¦even his granddaughter.
Among rumors of Iraqβs imminent invasion, time is already running out. As Clara and her husband Ahmed put together a ragtag team of renegade archaeologists and inexperienced students to excavate the Bible of Clay from deep within the heart of Iraq, another far more sinister team is determined to get there first. For Alfred Tannenberg has roots that reach deeply into the horrors of Nazi Germany and theyβve come to fruition in todayβs highest precincts of power.
Sweeping from the time of the biblical patriarchs to the front lines of the Iraqi conflict to the parties and back rooms of Washington D.C., and other centers of influence, The Bible of Clay is a thriller of unrelenting, thought- provoking, and all-too-plausible suspense.
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